Anyone know of any songs that speak out about prejudice¿?
I have a school assignment that I need to do about prejudice and need to find a song that speaks out about prejudice.
Examples of songs are:
We Shall Be Free - Garth Brooks
http://www.singingfool.com/Title.aspx?publishedid=...
Waiting on The World To Change - John Mayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPOBMzMTP4U
Does anyone know of any others¿?
Any suggestions you give me, please make sure it is not rap and has no violence or profanity. Also, if you could and if it is available, please provide a link to the lyrics and / or a video.
Thanks for the answers in advance.
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The great song of indifference - Bob Geldof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it45ankt0Ds
The ones that popped into my head were "We Are the World" from back in the 80's and "Imagine" by John Lennon. I think "We Are the World" was more about curing hunger, though. "Imagine" was about peace in general, and is more along the lines of the songs you mentioned.
This Wikipedia page lists 52 songs that are said to be specifically about racism and xenophobia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_agains...
Here's a link to the lyrics for "Imagine": http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/lyrics/im...
And here are some links to videos for "Imagine" (the first one is just the lyrics on the screen, set to a slightly different version of the same song; the second one is the original video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM0Z75KEd_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okd3hLlvvLw
Chocolate Rain - Tay Zonday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
"Free Your Mind" by En Vogue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tIYpvlQP_s&feature...
Have you tried Where is the Love? by Black Eyed Peas, this song may be classified as rap but there is no profanity in it, hopefully it will help.
They don't really care about us by Michael Jackson
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